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20TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI STYLE ORMOLU CHENETS
20th Century
Each cast as a cherub, emblematic of sculpture and literature, over an outset base decorated with paterae and guilloche banding, with globe-form finials on paw feet
17½in. (44.5cm.) high, 16in. (40.5cm.) wide (2)
20th Century
Each cast as a cherub, emblematic of sculpture and literature, over an outset base decorated with paterae and guilloche banding, with globe-form finials on paw feet
17½in. (44.5cm.) high, 16in. (40.5cm.) wide (2)
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Sotheby Parke-Bernet New York, 18-19 April 1975, lot 168 ($4,750, including premium).
Sale room notice
Please note that these are modelled after a pair of chenets attributed to Philippe Caffieri -- with the putti representing Sculpture and Literature taken from models by Jacques Caffieri. One pair is in the Wallace Collection, London.